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djiinraidinnae ([personal profile] djiinraidinnae) wrote in [community profile] hs_olympics 2012-05-20 07:12 pm (UTC)

Precisely, I agree completely. It is actually pretty offensive when I'm around different sites and see people talking about their "triggers" when they really aren't triggered by it, they just go "eww." I've spent quite a lot of time around people with PTSD and many do have triggers, and sometimes their reactions can be horrifying (it gets hard when you know ex-marines that don't want to admit hearing a spoken language can reduce them to a sobbing heap). I don't honestly understand why people would think their triggers being put under "content warning" is depreciating; most people don't like to admit that they could break down at the sight or touch of something. I guess I understand that the term trigger is more severe and more fitting for cases like yours, but why shouldn't we just call it a content warning? A triggers list is the same as a content warning; it's there to WARN about CONTENT.

Calling it a content warning seems less offensive to me. At least then, when avoiding things that just make me uncomfortable, I don't have to feel like a heel because someone else might be avoiding that same thing for more serious reasons (it's a weird sort of guilt, and I can't rationalize it well).

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